ذئب

See also: ذيب, ديب, دیپ, and دیت

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḏiʔb- (“wolf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðiʔb/

Noun

ذِئْب • (ḏiʔb) m (plural ذِئَاب (ḏiʔāb) or ذُؤْبَان (ḏuʔbān))

1. wolf
2. golden jackal (Canis aureus)

Declension

Declension of noun ذِئْب (ḏiʔb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذِئْب ḏiʔb	الذِّئْب aḏ-ḏiʔb	ذِئْب ḏiʔb
Nominative	ذِئْبٌ ḏiʔbun	الذِّئْبُ aḏ-ḏiʔbu	ذِئْبُ ḏiʔbu
Accusative	ذِئْبًا ḏiʔban	الذِّئْبَ aḏ-ḏiʔba	ذِئْبَ ḏiʔba
Genitive	ذِئْبٍ ḏiʔbin	الذِّئْبِ aḏ-ḏiʔbi	ذِئْبِ ḏiʔbi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذِئْبَيْن ḏiʔbayn	الذِّئْبَيْن aḏ-ḏiʔbayn	ذِئْبَيْ ḏiʔbay
Nominative	ذِئْبَانِ ḏiʔbāni	الذِّئْبَانِ aḏ-ḏiʔbāni	ذِئْبَا ḏiʔbā
Accusative	ذِئْبَيْنِ ḏiʔbayni	الذِّئْبَيْنِ aḏ-ḏiʔbayni	ذِئْبَيْ ḏiʔbay
Genitive	ذِئْبَيْنِ ḏiʔbayni	الذِّئْبَيْنِ aḏ-ḏiʔbayni	ذِئْبَيْ ḏiʔbay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذِئَاب‎; ذُؤْبَان ḏiʔāb‎; ḏuʔbān	الذِّئَاب‎; الذُّؤْبَان aḏ-ḏiʔāb‎; aḏ-ḏuʔbān	ذِئَاب‎; ذُؤْبَان ḏiʔāb‎; ḏuʔbān
Nominative	ذِئَابٌ‎; ذُؤْبَانٌ ḏiʔābun‎; ḏuʔbānun	الذِّئَابُ‎; الذُّؤْبَانُ aḏ-ḏiʔābu‎; aḏ-ḏuʔbānu	ذِئَابُ‎; ذُؤْبَانُ ḏiʔābu‎; ḏuʔbānu
Accusative	ذِئَابًا‎; ذُؤْبَانًا ḏiʔāban‎; ḏuʔbānan	الذِّئَابَ‎; الذُّؤْبَانَ aḏ-ḏiʔāba‎; aḏ-ḏuʔbāna	ذِئَابَ‎; ذُؤْبَانَ ḏiʔāba‎; ḏuʔbāna
Genitive	ذِئَابٍ‎; ذُؤْبَانٍ ḏiʔābin‎; ḏuʔbānin	الذِّئَابِ‎; الذُّؤْبَانِ aḏ-ḏiʔābi‎; aḏ-ḏuʔbāni	ذِئَابِ‎; ذُؤْبَانِ ḏiʔābi‎; ḏuʔbāni

Descendants

• Egyptian Arabic: ديب (dīb)
• Gulf Arabic: ذِيب (ḏīb)
• Hijazi Arabic: ذِيب (dīb, ḏīb)
• Maltese: dib
• Moroccan Arabic: ديب (dīb)
• → Malay: zib / ذيب
• → Catalan: dip
• → Old Spanish: adive
  • Spanish: adive
    • → French: adive
    • → English: adive
• → English: dieb

References

• Defrémery, Charles (1862) Journal asiatique, number 1, page 87
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne, Engelmann, Wilhelm Hermann (1869) Glossaire des mots espagnols et portugais, dérivés de l’arabe‎^[1] (in French), 2^nd edition, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 45
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “ذئب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 78